Jeffrey Wittenberg

Articles – Press Releases – Legal Updates

Santa Monica property owners using Airbnb to profit from renting their property must now publicly register with the City, according to new language in the ordinance passed by the City Council Tuesday. Owners can no longer opt out of publicizing their decision because...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently sued luxury real estate developer Robert Shapiro and his Woodbridge Group of Companies for allegedly operating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme targeting thousands of investors. According to the SEC’s complaint, Shapiro...

In the fast moving market for initial currency offerings in the form of digital cryptocurrencies, the SEC is acting faster than ever in an effort to maintain some order in this new wild west - gold rush spawned by this latest and greatest digital technological...